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  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 54% 1,143,051
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 44% 930,669

88% in

Arizona county results

Apache 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 66% 17,147
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 32% 8,250

Cochise 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 61% 28,197
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 37% 17,377

Coconino 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 56% 26,772
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 41% 19,720

Gila 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 63% 12,846
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 36% 7,293

Graham 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 68% 8,076
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 30% 3,609

Greenlee 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 53% 1,590
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 44% 1,310

La Paz 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 65% 3,205
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 33% 1,619

Maricopa 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 55% 680,089
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 43% 532,284

Mohave 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 70% 47,901
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 28% 18,991

Navajo 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 53% 19,880
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 45% 16,945
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Pima 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 52% 186,456
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 46% 165,237

Pinal 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 58% 58,947
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 41% 41,428

Santa Cruz 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 68% 9,486
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 30% 4,235

Yavapai 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 64% 62,385
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 34% 32,624

Yuma 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 56% 22,493
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 43% 17,328
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Exit poll

Gender

Category Obama Romney % Total
Male 40 57 49
Female 46 53 51

In which age group are you?

Category Obama Romney % Total
18-29 63 36 26
30-44 37 59 29
45-64 38 61 32
65 or over 29 71 12

In which age group are you?

Category Obama Romney % Total
18-24 66 32 13
25-29 59 39 13
30-39 37 58 20
40-49 40 58 19
50-64 36 64 23
65 or over 29 71 12

Race

Category Obama Romney % Total
White 32 66 74
Black - - 4
Hispanic or Latino 74 25 18
Asian - - 2
Other - - 2

Gender by race

Category Obama Romney % Total
White men 30 67 37
White women 35 65 37
Black men - - 2
Black women - - 2
Latino men 71 27 8
Latino women 77 22 10
All other races - - 4
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On most political matters, do you consider yourself:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Liberal 86 12 19
Moderate 51 46 42
Conservative 12 87 39

No matter how you voted today, do you usually think of yourself as a:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Democrat 87 12 26
Republican 7 93 35
Independent or something else 45 51 39

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Obama Romney % Total
No high school diploma - - 2
High school graduate 46 54 19
Some college or associate degree 42 56 36
College graduate 36 63 29
Postgraduate study 54 42 15

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Obama Romney % Total
College graduate 42 56 44
No college degree 44 55 56

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Obama Romney % Total
More than high school graduate 42 56 80
High school graduate or less 46 53 20
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2011 total family income:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Under $30,000 49 49 21
$30,000 - $49,999 45 54 23
$50,000 - $99,999 41 57 33
$100,000 - $199,999 37 61 18
$200,000 - $249,999 - - 2
$250,000 or more - - 3

2011 total family income:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Under $50,000 47 51 45
$50,000 - $99,999 41 57 33
$100,000 or more 43 56 23

2011 total family income

Category Obama Romney % Total
Under $50,000 47 51 45
$50,000 or more 42 56 55

2011 total family income:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Under $100,000 44 54 77
$100,000 or more 43 56 23

How often do you attend religious services?

Category Obama Romney % Total
More than once a week - - 10
Once a week - - 23
A few times a month - - 12
A few times a year - - 29
Never - - 27
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How often do you attend religious services?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Weekly or more often 17 80 32
Occasionally 36 63 40
Never - - 27

Religion

Category Obama Romney % Total
Protestant or other Christian 29 70 53
Catholic 50 50 20
Jewish - - 1
Something else - - 7
None - - 19

Religion among whites

Category Obama Romney % Total
White Protestant/Other Christian 20 79 44
White Catholic - - 13
White Jewish - - 1
White something else - - 4
White none - - 15
Non-white 71 27 24

Church attendance by religion

Category Obama Romney % Total
Protestant and attend at least weekly - - 8
Protestant and do not attend at least weekly - - 15
Catholic and attend at least weekly - - 8
Catholic and do not attend at least weekly - - 11
All others 45 53 58

White evangelical or white born-again Christians

Category Obama Romney % Total
White evangelical or white born-again Christians - - 21
All others 43 56 79
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Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Legal in all cases - - 26
Legal in most cases 43 54 37
Illegal in most cases - - 27
Illegal in all cases - - 8

Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Legal 51 48 64
Illegal 10 89 35

How do you feel about the Tea Party movement?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Support - - 21
Neutral 28 71 50
Oppose 85 14 22

Which ONE of these four issues is the most important facing the country?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Foreign policy - - 7
Federal budget deficit 20 72 19
The economy 43 57 58
Health care 75 25 13

Which ONE of these four candidate qualities mattered most in deciding how you voted for president?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Shares my values 32 67 28
Is a strong leader 31 67 17
Cares about people like me 77 17 19
Has a vision for the future 44 55 34
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Which ONE of these four is the biggest economic problem facing people like you?

Category Obama Romney % Total
The housing market - - 7
Unemployment 43 57 34
Taxes - - 10
Rising prices 43 52 45

What should happen to the 2010 health care law?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Expand it - - 23
Leave it as is - - 13
Repeal some of it - - 22
Repeal all of it - - 35

What should happen to the 2010 health care law?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Expand it or leave it as is 89 8 36
Repeal some or all of it 9 88 57

Should income tax rates:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Increase for all - - 7
Increase only on income over $250,000 60 35 46
Not increase for anyone 22 77 45

Should most illegal immigrants working in the United States be:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Offered a chance to apply for legal status 51 47 61
Deported to the country they came from - - 33
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Who is more in touch with people like you?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 83 15 50
Mitt Romney - 100 45

Who would better handle the economy?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 98 - 39
Mitt Romney 4 94 58

Who would better handle Medicare?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 96 2 40
Mitt Romney 1 98 53

Who would better handle the federal budget deficit?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 98 - 39
Mitt Romney 4 94 59

Which is closer to your view:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Government should do more to solve problems 88 12 38
Government is doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals 20 80 58
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Do you think the condition of the nation's economy is:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Excellent - - 0
Good - - 13
Not so good 52 46 44
Poor 17 77 42

Do you think the condition of the nation's economy:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Excellent or good - - 13
Not so good or poor 35 61 86

Is the U.S. economy:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Getting better 89 9 39
Getting worse 4 96 26
Staying about the same - - 30

Economic conditions:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Getting better 89 9 39
Staying the same and good - - 1
Staying the same and not good - - 29
Getting worse 4 96 26

Compared to four years ago, is your family's financial situation:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Better today 92 8 32
Worse today 7 92 39
About the same 57 43 28
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Do you think things in this country today are:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Generally going in the right direction 86 14 47
Seriously off on the wrong track 8 90 46

Who is more to blame for current economic problems?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 4 96 42
George W. Bush 83 15 47

Do you think the U.S. economic system generally:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Favors the wealthy 64 31 49
Is fair to most Americans 17 83 46

Should taxes be raised to help cut the budget deficit?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 84 16 33
No 20 75 65

Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Enthusiastic - - 17
Satisfied, but not enthusiastic - - 24
Dissatisfied, but not angry 13 81 38
Angry - - 20
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Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Positive 89 10 41
Negative 8 88 58

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Strongly approve 93 3 22
Somewhat approve - - 21
Somewhat disapprove - - 10
Strongly disapprove 0 98 46

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Approve 91 7 43
Disapprove 3 94 56

Is your opinion of Barack Obama:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Favorable 87 12 54
Unfavorable 1 98 44

Is your opinion of Mitt Romney:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Favorable 4 96 51
Unfavorable 95 2 44
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Do Barack Obama's policies generally favor:

Category Obama Romney % Total
The rich - - 14
The middle class 87 12 44
The poor - - 29

Would Mitt Romney's policies generally favor:

Category Obama Romney % Total
The rich 85 13 48
The middle class 15 83 39
The poor - - 4

Do you trust Barack Obama to handle an international crisis?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 84 13 47
No 3 94 53

Do you trust Mitt Romney to handle an international crisis?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 13 85 60
No 86 10 35

Trust to handle an international crisis:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Only Barack Obama 100 - 29
Only Mitt Romney - 100 45
Both of them - - 15
Neither of them - - 6
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Which best describes your vote for president today?

Category Obama Romney % Total
I strongly favor my candidate 39 60 52
I like my candidate but with reservations - - 26
I dislike the other candidates - - 19

When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential election?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Just today - - 1
In the last few days - - 5
In October - - 11
In September - - 9
Before that 47 53 74

When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential election?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Just today or in the last few days - - 6
Before that 48 52 93

When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential election?

Category Obama Romney % Total
In October or later - - 16
Before that 47 53 82

Are you currently married?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 32 67 55
No 58 40 45
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Gender by marital status

Category Obama Romney % Total
Married men 29 68 30
Married women 35 64 26
Not married men 56 42 19
Not married women 60 39 25

Do you have any children under 18 living in your home?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 48 51 34
No 42 57 66

Married with children

Category Obama Romney % Total
Married with children 38 61 22
All others 46 53 78

Parents

Category Obama Romney % Total
Men with children 39 59 18
Women with children 59 41 15
Men without children 44 55 32
Women without children 41 59 34

Does anyone in your household belong to a labor union?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes - - 11
No 50 48 89
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Do you work full-time for pay?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 51 48 66
No 42 56 34

Should your state legally recognize same-sex marriage?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 55 44 57
No 10 88 42

Are you gay, lesbian or bisexual?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes - - 7
No 42 56 93

In your vote for president, how would you rate the importance of Obama's hurricane response?

Category Obama Romney % Total
The most important factor - - 14
An important factor - - 28
A minor factor - - 23
Not a factor at all - - 32

In your vote for president, how would you rate the importance of Obama's hurricane response?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Important - - 41
Not important - - 55
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In your vote for president, how would you rate the importance of Obama's hurricane response?

Category Obama Romney % Total
A factor - - 64
Not a factor - - 32

In today's election for U.S. Senate, did you just vote for:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Richard Carmona 89 10 45
Jeff Flake 4 95 50

Population of area

Category Obama Romney % Total
Over 500,000 55 45 17
50,000 - 500,000 50 47 33
Suburbs 35 64 40
10,000 - 50,000 - - 3
Rural - - 7

Population of area

Category Obama Romney % Total
City over 50,000 52 46 50
Suburbs 35 64 40
Small city and Rural 33 65 10

Geographic area

Category Obama Romney % Total
Maricopa County 45 53 61
Pima County 48 50 18
Rest of state 34 65 21
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